The Allwetterzoo Münster is a

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Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

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. The Zoo origins in the 1875 founded, and 1973 closed ''Zoologische Garten zu Münster'', replaced by the 1974 founded Allwetterzoo Münster, which was built in a tree-rich area close to the lake Aasee.

Animal numbers

This table shows the development of animal numbers in the Zoo until 2015

Management

Until the end of the 1950s was the chairman of the board the official director, but since 1960 the title is Zoo director. Since 1985 is managed by ''Westfälischer Zoologischer Garten GmbH ''.

Staff numbers

During 2012 totally 85 persons (inclusive the management) was working in the zoo. From those most (46) worked as

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s, 4 were busy in an education programme, eleven involved in commercial sale section, or in the technical section. Six gardners were tending the plants and six person worked in the management. Januar 2013

Visitor numbers

The numbers of visitors are sorted in different years

External links

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Münster Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)

References

Zoos in Germany Zoos established in 1974

Zoological Garden A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zool ...